Women's entrepreneurship in the 21st century
Subtitle: an international multi-level research analysis
By: edited by Kate V. Lewis, Colette Henry, Elizabeth J. Gatewood, John Watson
Contributors: DIANA (Conference) (7th : June 2014, Stockholm, Sweden)
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9781782544609
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Self-employed women; Businesswomen; Entrepreneurship
Description: This volume takes a multi-dimensional approach to the central theme of gender and entrepreneurship today and in the future. It takes a holistic approach to exploring, via empirical and theoretical lenses, why women's involvement in venture creation matters.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Advancing theory development in venture creation: signposts for understanding gender / Candida G. Brush, Anne de Bruin and Friederike Welter; title: Academic entrepreneurship: multi-level factors associated with female-led incubator projects / Diamanto Politis, Jonas Gabrielsson and Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand; title: Gender congruency theory, experience of discrimination and access to finance / Natalie Sappleton; title: Female entrepreneurship in rural Vietnam: an exploratory study / Cuc Nguyen, Howard Frederick and Huong Nguyen; title: Women entrepreneurs in Asia: culture and the state in China and Japan / Kathryn Ibata-Arens; title: Gender differences in innovation among US entrepreneurs / Alicia Robb and Susan Coleman; title: A gender perspective on family business succession: case studies from France / Janice Byrne and Salma Fattoum; title: Gender-based differences in the performance of Slovenian high-growth companies / Karin Širec and Dijana Močnik; title: Growth process of small and medium-sized manufacturing in developing countries: a study of women-owned firms in Bangladesh / Mosfeka Jomaraty and Jerry Courvisanos; title: Women entrepreneurs' networking behaviors: perspectives from entrepreneurs and network managers / Claire M. Leitch and Richard T. Harrison; title: Heterogeneity of spousal support for French women entrepreneurs / Stephanie Chasserio, Typhaine Lebègue and Corinne Poroli; title: The divisions of labour and responsibilities in business and home among women and men copreneurs in the Czech Republic / Alena Křížková, Nancy Jurik and Marie Dlouha; title: Centering Caribbean women's gendered experiences and identities: a comparative analysis of female entrepreneurs in St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago / Talia Esnard; title: Self-employment and motherhood: the case of Poland / Ewa Lisowska.